randomness and a prayer request

Hello friends. It had been so long.  Life happens, the good , the bad and everything else. Last Sunday after weeks of travels and really busy times at the shop I was experiencing my first day with nothing schedule in the agenda. It felt weird, I just almost never get those kind of days. I slept until 9:00 and sat at the computer thinking I get to do nothing for a day. I got a phone call from my mom, which immediately freaks me out since that mama never calls, I do all the calling. Well , my beloved nephew Neithan was admitted to the PICU with a bad pneumonia. It had been almost a week and baby Neithan is not improving. I spend last night with him and my brother and let me tell you it breaks my heart. He looks so weak and tired. I have been praying for a miracle. He suffers from SMA which is a rare form of muscular dystrophy. Medically he is not expected to make it beyond his teenager years but he had been deteriorating at a faster pace. My heart aches since I went through something similar with my son for 13 years. I know that God is able so I rest in that. Please, prayer warriors help me pray for Neithan and the rest of the family. We need all the prayers we can get.

 

On a lighter note I took a couple of pictures of the show in Cleburne. We found loads of great stuff and got the best weather on Friday.

                                  If you like roses that was the place to find some very rare ones.

I like the Cleburne show the best because it is not as overwhelming as the Roundtop show.

                        This was Robelyn  from Redneck chic booth. Her purses are to die for.

Want, want, want. I beg my husband for this one, he would not budge. So no pretty purse for Marta.

One last story, I don't know if this will turn out to be a happy one. Buyers remorse big time. I came across this guy with a trailer full of beautiful fabrics. I only spend  60.00. We started to talk and he said he got 500 rolls of fabric and asked me if I was interested in buying in bulk. I told him I will consider the deal. Well, he called me Monday as agreed and I told him I was not going to go for it. I did not have the space nor the thousands of dollars he wanted for his 500 rolls. He asked me what was comfortable for me to be money and number of rolls wise. I proposed 250 rolls @ half the amount and the chance to pick and choose. He decided to go ahead and do it. Oh my God, what have I done! I got to the store with a bed stacked to the sky and the cabin of the truch full of lace and ecru tones fabrics. I was sick to my stomach from just looking at the mess. It took 2 more friend to just unload the fabric in the back. You should have seen their faces, you know, the "she just lost it" face. I did! I'm not in the textile business

nor I have a clue what to do with so much fabric. I already sold 100.00 worth of fabric but it will take me forever to sell the rest plus the storage problem is bad. One thing though, the fabrics are to die for. So friends, take pity on me and come buy me out of this mess. Troy, Robelyn, Daphne and the rest of the gifted designers, come and rescue me, PLEASE!!!!!! 

I will be posting pictures of the fab fabrics soon, life permits. Blessings, Marta.

Hello, hello, is anybody there?

Hello sweet friends, specially my girls at Collectors Market. I have been MIA for a couple of weeks know. The last couple of weeks have been challenging to said the least. I got a triple whammy. Try this. Income taxes, sales taxes, inventory taxes, arggg. I have face them head on, I'm a big girl I can handle it. Then mix in painting with 35 miles an hour winds, clogged sprayers every two minutes, etc. We have been traveling every weekend, this week is on to Cleburne for their 28 mile Antique Alley. We will go rain or not since this is our favorite show to attend. Next weekend we will attend a city wide garage sale in Lampasas and after that is saving money time for me. I have amazed enough inventory to last me until the end of the summer. I will try to take pictures and post. I have missed my pink friends so much. Been a lurker is not as much fun as to managing a blog. I'm planning a celebration with all my bloggy friends since my 100 post is soon approaching. Until next time, keep me in your prayers and know that i love you all, sweet friends. Blessings, Marta.

Wonderful White at Roundtop

I'm sooooooo happy. Taxes done and over. This is what tax time feel to me; constipation. I have stress over them for days. The amount of paperwork, info is getting to be overwhelming to me. I have a bookkeeper, still, I'm the one with the tons of paperwork to sort out. I must admit my downfalls, I'm not organized and have always been a procrastinator that will excell in crunch time. I'm getting older though, last week I keep forgetting where I put my keys, license, cell phone, bankstuff,etc. So, do you see what I mean? brain constipation I think is called.

   Enough about that, now to the good stuff. I hope you are not yet getting tired of pictures of the Roundtop show. I have the most fun this year, I went twice, I could have stay there for days. I only put a pinch on the acre after acre of yumminess. I reserved all the pictures of the fabulous white vignettes put together by the folks at Texas Rose show. Just look and let me know what you think.

One last picture and the story attached to it. One of my girlfriends got this chaise lounge in her garage. It was given to her daughter but she could not find a place for it plus it needed to be reupholstered or slipcovered, both options were to expensive for her to do. It was a mauve color, dirty mauve color. I asked about it because I can see the potential, keeping in mind that I'm no seamstress or know how to upholster. I have another idea in mind but it was going to be a trial and error thing. At that time she needed money for it and I could not afford it. Last week my friend called me and told me she got stuff she was going to burn or throw away. When I got to her house the couch was in the junk pile with a "broken" leg. They have gotten fed up with the stuff taking up the space and they were ready to trash it all. I have told her a million times never to trash anything without letting me look. I'm the junk disposal to them. Well, needless to say I took it to the shop, "broken leg and all. The leg was not broken, they simply bend the screws when they tossed it. I change them  and problem number one solved! Then I thought, ok, I can't put any money into this piece nor I can stored it. Well, I  took my sprayer to it, nothing to loose,lot to gain. It is not the first time I have done this. After that I took fine sand paper to it so I can take the edge off . The plan was to tea stained. I left it in the showroom and fluffed it up until I can finished it. Last Saturday my first costumer of the day saw it, just the way it was, an unfinished product. I told her that I have the intention to tea stained and retouch some spots. She told me she was visiting from north Dallas and she was going to take it just like it was. I asked if she was going to have it worked on and she said NOT, she loved everything about it. Considering the fact that I was not happy about selling an unfinished project to her, I only charged her 125 dollars. She was a happy camper and I made a profit out of somebody outcast item. I love it.

 I know, I'm crazy. I can only tell you to go for it.  Now you know, caca yellow couch, paint it, avocado green chairs, paint them. The sky is the limit.
    Lastly, my thanks to Ms. Kathleen @ Faded Charm for hosting White Wednesday party for us. Blessings, Marta.

Jesus is risen!

I want to take a chance to remember, to celebrate Jesus, and his love for us. I like bunnies and eggs and all the cute stuff but I don't want to loose sight of the real reason for celebrating Easter. I sing praise to the one that die for me, that raise from the grave and have gone to Heaven to make way for us. That is the Jesus I love, the one I serve, the one I'm waiting for. Thank you my savior!

 I promise pictures of Roundtop with some pink stuff and I don't want to disappoint again. I have missed a couple of Pink Saturdays and I missed all the girls. I wished you a blessed Easter with your loved ones. Love , Marta.

Are these the prettiest cookies ? The  artist company is called Cookie Du Monde. I don't think I will want to eat such piece of art. She has a blog with the same name.

   My thanks to Ms. Beverly @ How sweet the sound for faithfully continue to host Pink Saturday for all of us. Blessings on Easter Sunday and always, Marta.

JUNK HEAVEN

OK FRIENDS, I'M NOT DONE WITH MY TAXES BUT I FIGURE I TAKE A BREAK AND POST SOME PICTURES OF THE JUNK HEAVEN THAT IS ROUNDTOP TX. I STOPPED ATTENDING THIS SHOW FOR ABOUT 2 SEASONS OUT OF DISAPPOINTMENT ABOUT THE FACT THAT I COULD NOT AFFORD TO BUY FOR RESALE. THIS YEAR THOUGH AFTER READING ABOUT SO MANY BLOGGERS THAT LIVE IN OTHER STATES WISHING THEY LIVE CLOSER AND DREAMING ABOUT THE DAY THEY CAN MAKE THE TRIP I DECIDED THAT I HAVE BEEN TAKING FOR GRANTED THE BIG GIFT THAT IT IS TO LIVE IN TX WITH ALL THE SHOWS AND GREAT PEOPLE. I THINK THAT IF YOU ARE IN THE ANTIQUES BUSINESS TX CAN EASILY BE CONSIDER MECCA FOR DEALERS. THEY SAY TEXANS BRAG A LOT, I THINK IT IS NOT BRAGGING, WE REALLY LIVE IN AN AMAZING PLACE. 

IMAGINE TOWNS FULL AND FLOODED WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE ITEMS YOU HAVE EVER SEEN. THEN IMAGINE ALL THE DEALERS, ARTISTS, CRAFTERS AND FAMOUS JUNKERS ALL THERE TO PLEASED AND GREET YOU.

I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION THE FOOD BECAUSE THAT IS ANOTHER STORY. COME HUNGRY, THEY WILL FEED YOU GOOD!

I SPEND TWO DAYS IN THE FIELS AND SHOWS IN ROUNDTOP AND WARRENTON ONLY. TO COVER AL THE SHOWS AND TOWNS YOU WILL HAVE TO STAY THERE FOR  THE WHOLE 2 WEEKS.

EVERYBODY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A WELL KNOWN DESIGNER WAS HAPPY TO LET YOU TAKE PICTURES. I LOVE THE RESPONSE OF ANOTHER DESIGNER WHEN I ASKED FOR HER PERMISSION TO TAKE PICTURES OF HER BOOTH. SHE SAID TO GO AHEAD VERY GLADLY AND TOLD ME SHE DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PICTURES SINCE NOBODY IS ORIGINAL, IT ALL HAVE BEEN DONE. I AGREED WITH HER.

THIS GUYS CAN REALLY  MERCHANDISE.

I FAIL TO WRITE DOWN NAMES SO JUST KNOW THAT IF I TOOK A PICTURE OF YOUR VIGNETTES I CONSIDERED YOU THE BEST OF THE BEST.

THESE LAST 2 PICTURES I BELIEVED BELONG TO THERESA CANO'S BOOTH. DO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN?

I GOT MORE PICTURES FOR PINK SATURDAY AND A LOT OF WHITE FOR THE NEXT WW. UNTIL THEN CHICKIES, BLESSINGS, MARTA.

Going to Roundtop!!!!

Just a quick note. I will be back with a bang. I'm planning on taking a million photos of the big show on Friday. I'm so excited!. I'm still not fully recovered from the fall in the ice, who cares, once the shopping adrenaline kicks in I will be fine, no morphine, just shopping bliss. After that is back to doing taxes and I may say I rather have a root canal. I will be back to the show on Monday only this time I wont be driving. I will be back as many times I get invited, I love the spring shows. I will be posting for Pink Saturday, I promise. I have painted and painted pieces this week. I can't keep furniture in the shop, it sells quickly. Anyway, I miss you all so much. Blessings, Marta.

I'm so sorry

         What a week!.  I didn't have the energy nor the time to post for White Wednesday or Pink Saturday which happened to be my favorite blog parties. I 'm bummed over the fact that I  probably will not hear from my pinky friends and those girls know how to brighten anybody's day. I went shopping today and spent crazy amounts of money. I love everything I got, want to keep a lot of it, I must talk myself out of it. It's almost 1:00 AM and I'm blogging, arg...Next week is looking even busier, with the big show (Roundtop) starting on Friday and the Easter Tea @ the shop on Sunday. I spend most of the week taking advantage of the weather and painting. I managed to paint an entire dining set and china and a couple other pieces. Tired is the ultimate word, tired but happy, this is what I love to do. I must go to bed and try to rest, have a blessed weekend and don't forget about me, I miss you all. Blessings, Marta.